Proving Ground (513)

[Girlbot]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.

[Brother Freyr]

Nice to see Hailey's attitude transformed after discovering what's possible.

[Janet Fraiser]

Glad to see others enjoyed this episode. I thought it would lose its punch when it was explicitly revealed to be a simulation, but I was proven wrong and duped by Hailey, which was great. It was also nice to see her again; I couldn't remember when she came back and expected her much later for some reason.

It's also just fun seeing other SG teams and actually getting to know their members.

And then something like Last Stand happens, and I remember that everyone barring SG-1 is expendable...

[Anja]

Entertaining, especially O'Neill's evaluation of the cadets while talking to Carter - although he sounds arrogant. But maybe he is only fed with baby-sitting.

[Science]

Even though it was very apparent that it was a simulation from the point when O'Neil was on the phone near the beginning, this was actually a very fun episode to watch. It was a nice break from all the serious topics recently, and proof how versatile the format of the show can be. And of course it was really nice to see Hailey finally make it into the Stargate project. It was too bad that the cadets weren't all assigned to the same team though.

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

It was too bad that the cadets weren't all assigned to the same team though.

You don't make a team like this out of entirely inexperienced members, unless you have no choice. Even when everyone was inexperienced at going through the Stargate, all the teams were composed of at least two experienced members of the military.

Seaboe

[Nirude]

Grace Park was great in this, especially in such a "nothing" role. I don't think we see her character again do we?

[AlmostAntique]

No, we don't see her again in SG, like so many other characters. But if you like Grace Park, she appeared in an other Scifi series.

[Falcon Horus]

Wouldn't be because she went on to be a regular in Battlestar Galactica?

[Nirude]

No, we don't see her again in SG, like so many other characters. But if you like Grace Park, she appeared in an other Scifi series.

Yes, that's why I like her, hah

[jelgate]

Wouldn't be because she went on to be a regular in Battlestar Galactica?

Unlikely since BSG didn't start until S8 of SG1

[Cluas]

Unlikely since BSG didn't start until S8 of SG1

True - it took a couple of years, before BSG started ...

[garhkal]

Did a rewatch of this ep (and the later one) that had the character "Groden" in and i was always amazed at how much like a Young Cameron Mitchell the actor looked

[BethHG]

I am not a big fan of either Hailey or Elliot in this episode, so I rate this a fair.

I did like the conversation with Jack and Sam over Jell-O, and the conversation with Teal'c and Daniel in the office.

[Falcon Horus]

Proving Ground is like the episode that has to be made in order to save money for something bigger and more intricate. However, the idea of new SGC recruits being put through rigorous testing in order to check whether they would make fine new team members is a plausible concept.

They certainly picked four interesting characters to do it with, and it was nice to see Hailey again. It's good to know she pushed on through after her little adventure with SG-1 and the glowy bugs. Grogan is the village idiot who's clearly after Daniel's record for dying or getting shot at. Satterfield has a thing with languages and a thing for Daniel Jackson. She too would make an excellent contribution to a team -- though perhaps a cultural, diplomatic team rather than a combat team.

Daniel and Teal'c clearly had fun in the General's office, and well... Carter nearly got to shoot Jack to make a point. Her reaction when Elliot does is funny -- Oops! Sold it!

It's an okay episode, I guess, but it doesn't make me all excited or whatever.
It's certainly not bad.

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3-episode quiz: Desperate Measures, Wormhole X-Treme & Proving Ground

Jigsaw puzzle: Proving Ground